Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 1) (London: Smith and Son, 1829)

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room, in which are two persons in conversation. This capital
picture is admirably composed, and finished in the artist’s most
elaborate manner. It is probably the fifth in quality and
excellence of the painter’s productions.
Collection of Due de Praslin . . 1793. . 33,500fs. 1340Z.
--——— Choiseul Praslin . 1808. . 18,000/s. 720Z.
Now in the collection of Earl Grosvenor.
A picture answering the above description is mentioned by
Descamps, then in the possession of M. de Bie, 1653, of whom it
was purchased by the Dutch East India Company, for the sum of
4000 flo., and presented to Charles II., upon his embarkation for
England. It subsequently became the property of King William III.,
who took it back to Holland, and placed it in the Chateau of
Loo.
19 in. by 15 in.—P.

71. The portrait of a lady, of a fair complexion, with her face
turned in a three-quarter position ; she is dressed in a lace cap,
tied under her chin with a rose-coloured riband, a black corset,
and a gauze kerchief over her shoulders, the latter of which she
is adjusting with her left hand.
Collection of Destouches . . . 1794.

72. The portrait of a young woman, known as La belle
Juive (seen in nearly front face), with her hair in curls, orna-
mented with pearls and a feather; and her shoulders covered
with a mantle of gold cloth, fastened by a brooch.
Collection of Destouches . . . 1794.
5| in. by 4| in.-—P.

73. The Interior of a room. A pretty woman is standing
near a table with a lantern in her hand, out of which she has just
aken the candle, in order to light it by another, which is
burning on the table; a market-pail, a dead duck, a can, and
other objects, are distributed in disserent parts of the piece.